Ok so I wonder if I've found the holy grail of bounce flash tips..
If you haven't got a good nearby surface/wall/ceiling - bounce off yourself..
I've quickly tested it myself, and in practice - with the camera landscape I'm shooting the flash into my face, and in portrait it's hitting perhaps my shoulder. Suppose I could have angled it better to fix this
However in my test it yielded much better results than bouncing it off the green walls/ceiling in my dining room, lifting the shadows on one side of the face.
I have yet to try it in different environments at different times of day, but every time I've looked into this the solution has been carry cumbersome modifiers or reflector, or useless tiny ones..
Has anyone more experience with this, do they find it a good alternative when they lack a preferable surface? Or maybe a small hand-held reflector is still preferable
If you haven't got a good nearby surface/wall/ceiling - bounce off yourself..
I've quickly tested it myself, and in practice - with the camera landscape I'm shooting the flash into my face, and in portrait it's hitting perhaps my shoulder. Suppose I could have angled it better to fix this
However in my test it yielded much better results than bouncing it off the green walls/ceiling in my dining room, lifting the shadows on one side of the face.
I have yet to try it in different environments at different times of day, but every time I've looked into this the solution has been carry cumbersome modifiers or reflector, or useless tiny ones..
Has anyone more experience with this, do they find it a good alternative when they lack a preferable surface? Or maybe a small hand-held reflector is still preferable
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